COM33020 - Background: typical case examples: new company - S55 FA 2004 information not provided

A new company is incorporated, but does not comply with the normal requirement to provide necessary information. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp example covers live APs, dormant periods and the use of appropriate COTAX update functions.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp events are numbered in date order, and identified as follows

  • Business Event - Action taken or arising outside HMRC
  • Automatic Event - Automatic COTAX action within HMRC
  • Procedural Action - Action taken by an operator
Order & Type of Event Action(s) Taken
1 (Business Event) Co B Ltd formed and registered with Companies House.
2 (Automatic Event) COTAX record for Co B Ltd set up automatically from information provided by the data feed from Companies House.
3 (Automatic Event) COTAX Assigns UTR number, Creates the first AP from the date of incorporation for 12 months and a second from the day after the end of the first period to the Accounting Reference Date, Issues form CT41G to explain what information the new company must supply.
4 (Business Event) Company does not supply the information required by S55 FA 2004 and despite enquiries no further information is received.
Approximately 1 month after the first recorded AP ends Ìý
5 (Automatic Event) COTAX issues a notice to deliver with payslip, Calculates the , Records the specified period and the issue of the notice to deliver, Creates the next AP on the COTAX record
Some time later……………â€� Ìý
6 (Business Event) Co B Ltd sends a Nil return for the first 10 months from incorporation saying the company was dormant from incorporation, commenced in business from month 11 and will make up regular annual accounts.
7 (Automatic Event) COTAX captures the return details automatically and records the self assessment. Note: Strictly there is no self assessment as the period covered by the return is not an AP, but in practice COTAX records a Nil self assessment in cases in which the return is delivered by the filing date.

See:

  • COM33011 for a list of forms relevant to this subject
  • COM33012 for a list of functions to use in particular situations
  • COM33013 for legislation applying to this subject.